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Hi, David, that's an excellent page from Robin P Williams' *Mary Sidney Society *site. Seventeen years ago I began research for a play about Mary Sidney (who I believed had written 'Shakespeare's' works). Ten years later I found Robin P Williams' book: *Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman Write Shakespeare?* (Wilton Circle Press), and that book has augmented my research up to and including the present day. Williams' book is fact-packed, richly readable, creative, logical and straightforward. I highly recommend it. It's now available in paperback (used, about £7) and kindle (about £9). Reading everything you can on her website is a great place to begin -- and if you're still interested, you may decide to invest in her book. Have fun! Judy On 16 January 2017 at 18:23, David Lace <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just found this from the Mary Sidney site: > > http://www.marysidneysociety.org/floral-design/ > > It makes sense. > > > > > > > ------------Original Message----------- > > David Lace wrote: > > > Thanks Judy. This is what I heard, but never had it confirmed. > > > > > > ------------Original Message----------- > > Judy Prince wrote: > > I hadn't read the article, David, and it's fascinating. > > I believe, and have believed for years, that Mary Sidney (Pip's sister) > wrote the works attributed to William Shakespeare. I've written a play > about her and think the 'mystery' of her authorship is quite obvious -- in > fact far more obvious than the claims for other writers. > > Just one fact that leaps out is the dedication of the famed sonnets to > "Mr" (meaning "master") W H. I think that WH is William Herbert. If the > WH sonnet dedication was written by publisher Thomas Thorpe, it would be > highly unlikely for him to address an earl (William Herbert) as "master". > However, Mary Sidney, writing the sonnets for and about her son, William > Herbert, would've reasonably addressed her son as "master". He and his > brother Phillip were the dedicatees of the First Folio. Re the sonnets, in > the first 17 (often called the "procreation" sonnets) it's understandable > that Mary would've wanted her son William to produce a child -- his first > child, 'illegitimate', having died in childbirth, and his subsequent > marriage to another woman producing no children. Many years later he did > have two (illegitimate) children with his cousin, Mary Wroth. > > Best, > > Judy >